Scouting Dunvegan Keep

For the past few months, the Strobist Austin group has been meeting up to do some off-camera lighting work. In preparation for our April 27th meetup, some of us drove to Dunvegan Keep in South Austin. Dunvegan Keep is another "odd" Austin feature. It's in a residential area, built upon the grounds of a home owned by Craig Turner. The site is rather large, including a chapel, several courtyards and archways, a Roman-style pool, and several other amenities built around the theme of medieval and ancient eras. The site is primarily used for family portraits and weddings. Today, we happened to walk in upon a workshop dealing with bridal photography.

I grabbed a few photos of the place to scout out some areas for my team. The place is simply stunning. It's been completely designed and built by Craig over the last few years. He's a wonderful artisan. I'm definitely considering the site for some of my other ideas once the meetup is over (especially when you take into account the very inexpensive $45 fee for personal /family stuff).